Fractious couples are often made up of one party who is ‘avoidant’ (hiding their intimacy needs) and one who is ‘anxious’ (nagging and pressuring counter productively for their intimacy needs to be met). These couples go through cycles that run from cosiness to fury to sulk to blow up to cosiness. Why do these cycles happen and why are they so hard to break? What might be a better way forward?
Back to search